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Deep standing water rose around cars, some submerged to window-level, in the parking lot of Universal Forest Products in Windsor on Tuesday. One vehicle sat empty with the windshield wipers beating full speed against the downpour of rain.

Heavy rains — about 4 inches in 90 minutes — caused flash flooding Tuesday in Windsor. Firefighters from the Windsor Severance Fire Rescue Authority rescued several motorists who had became stuck in their vehicles after they drove into standing water.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Chad Eastin, general manager for Universal Forest Products, 15 Walnut St. He said the interior of his business was undamaged, but the cars and lumber stored in the parking lot weren’t as lucky.

Fire department spokesman Todd Vess said authorities got at least nine calls in the space of about an hour from motorists who were stuck. Firefighters were able to get the motorists out of their vehicles, and there were no injuries.

Windsor Public Works Operations Manager Coby Shurtleff said the area of town hardest hit by the flooding was on Garden Drive, between 7th Street and Colo. 257. He said the water was draining to the east and would continue impacting roads in the area into the evening.

He said barricades and public works employees were stationed at flooded intersections in town to keep cars from trying to enter. He said some public works employees reported water more than 2-feet deep in places.

“The best advice I have is that if you can’t see the ground, turn around,” he said.

The rains, which continued into the night in northern Weld, soaked much of the county and also prompted flash flood warnings for Milliken, LaSalle and Gilcrest. However, there were no reports of serious flooding in those communities.

Jim Kalina, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the Milliken-LaSalle area saw between 2 and 3 inches of rain. He said Greeley, which got less than an inch of rain, dodged the heaviest of the downpour.

“The western part of Weld County was hit pretty hard,” he said. “And eastern Larimer County, too.”

Eastin, at the lumber yard, said with the area flooded to the east, there was nowhere for the water to drain. He said he thought the standing water could remain for some time.

“It’s just lumber, though. That can be replaced,” Eastin said. “What’s really important is everyone is OK.”